Canadian printer & publisher . Hon. John Waters Kir-wan, , , is editor-in-chief and part proprietor oftile Kalgoorlie Miner (dailyiand Western Argus (weel< was Ijorn 2nd December,1869, tiie second son of the lateNicholas John Kirwan of Sandy-mount House, Co. has travelled extensively,did literary work for the Londonand Dublin press. He went toWest Australia gold fields in1895, and the same year be-came editor and part proprietorof the two papers that he hassince controlled. C. V. Lansell, was born inLondon in 1883, and arrived inAustralia in 1888. He waseducated at
Canadian printer & publisher . Hon. John Waters Kir-wan, , , is editor-in-chief and part proprietor oftile Kalgoorlie Miner (dailyiand Western Argus (weel< was Ijorn 2nd December,1869, tiie second son of the lateNicholas John Kirwan of Sandy-mount House, Co. has travelled extensively,did literary work for the Londonand Dublin press. He went toWest Australia gold fields in1895, and the same year be-came editor and part proprietorof the two papers that he hassince controlled. C. V. Lansell, was born inLondon in 1883, and arrived inAustralia in 1888. He waseducated at St. Andrews Col-lege and the Church of Eng-land Grammar School (Mel-bourne). On the death of hisfather, Mr. George Lansell, hedirected the estates — miningoperations—besides sitting onthe directorate of over fiftymining companies. He and hisbrother and sister bought outthe mining interests from therest of the family for half amillion pounds. He is now adirector of the principal finan-cial institutions in the The motion was seconded by Mr. D. D. Braham of theSydney () Telegraph. Mr. Braham said that Aus-tralians were emphatic against any form of Government controlof the Press. Amendment Offered Amendment of the resolution was urged by Mr. WalterMakepeace of Singapore and representatives of Crown took the view that there was a difference between self-governing communities able to judge news and the uneducatedmillions on the outskirts of the Empire. Eventually an amendment was accepted providing that what-ever assistance was given by the Government in the interestof the more extensive dissemination of Imperial news, the Pressand all news service should remain independent of Governmentor official control. Mr. N. Levi of Pretoria moved incorporation of anotheramendment providing that the Press should remain independentof Government control except in so far as purely militaryexigencies may render censorship necessary in time of war. On this the remark w
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